Would You Rather... with George R. R. Martin 

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Question - “would u rather have a dire wolf or a dragon?” George RR - “THE RACOON ATE MY COY”

I'm honestly super happy for GRRM. He seems very hyper and passionate again. The past few years were not good to him. Not only due to GoT ending in disaster but also the lockdown, and losing several of his friends to COVID. It looks like HotD really helped boost his confidence and self-esteem. It's actually really heartwarming.

The fact that he still remembers shagga son of dolf after 20 yrs

imagining Gregor Clegane get foul after foul is pretty god damn funny lmao

I love how he gives these questions his full attention and provides his logic behind the answers.

"big shaggy... dogs" Rickon is alive inside Geroge's mind

GRRM should be a maester in HotD just for fun

George if it was in our will you would live up to 200 years. I mean really live as long as you can i think all fans would agree

"Very hard to keep that white armor and that white cloak clean" is definitely a reference to the recurring theme of King's Guard breaking their vows (Jaime, Ser Criston, Arys Oakheart, etc.)

I am laughing my ass off picturing George going to his security cameras or something and seeing raccoons feasting on his fish.

George R. R. Martin seems like a decent down to earth guy. He deserves being in the Spotlight for very Successfully Writing Great Book Series and having them adapted into hit T.V. shows. I enjoy these RU-vid Interactions with him.

He loves his Tyrion. He never goes with out mentioning him somewhere in his discussion. I love that about him and always get a simple joy when he drops Tyrions name. That’s his baby and he’s not afraid to show it. So happy to see George excited and engaging again. ❤ book or no book his stories have been such a joy in my life. And his character will live with me forever. It is known.

"Can I just live forever?" YES PLEASE, George!! 🤩🤩😉

The man loves Tyrion. Found a way to involve him in 2 questions that had nothing to do with him. Can't say I blame you George. Tyrion is a real one

“Would you rather join the King’s Gaurd or Be a Maester?” We already knew what his answer to that would be, next question.

This man deserves the world he is a national treasure

Also the mountain would fail any drug test

GRRM: "And being able to burn the hell out of my enemies" Interviewer: "Ha ha..." GRRM: "It was not a joke"

lol love that old man can I die the way Tyrion wanted to die. I just hope one day we get to see GRR cameo on one of The Westeros shows or if they ever did a future Game of Thrones could see him, Cameo, as Grand Maester Sam Tarly reading the events of a song of Ice and Fire to his and Gillys Grandchildren.

« Can i die the way Tyrion wanted to die ? » 😂

If only George really could live forever...

I love GRRM taking all the third options 😂😂

Would you rather finish the books or just abandon them?

Happiest I've seen him in an interview in whhhhile

Dragon fire is the only time id pick dying to fire. Reason being its so hot you get carbonized and turned to ash instantly, so its actually a pretty painless death. Your nerves would probably go into shock from the trauma and you wouldnt feel anything.

Fun fact: Burning to death is only painful until your nerve endings are burnt, at which point it’s painless!

The thing is. Freezing to death depends if you freeze peacefully in your sleep or if you have to watch every part of your body die to frostbite. On the other hand, dragonfire is almost instant. When the tarlys were roasted alive or even their army, it was not even a second until they were ash.

aww grrm loves his tyrion

Been seeing a lot of George recently and I like it!

Goerge : "I can't have Tyrion? Hahaha 😄" "No. That was not one of the options. 😐" George : "Can't I just live forever? hahaha 😄" "mNo 😑." George seems so playful and engaged and the interviewer wants none of it

Please take care of your health Sir! We’re still waiting for the next books

The interviewer has the personality of a rock here

Dying by fire is a bad way to go, but I feel dragonfire is a different story. That thing can dismantle walls and melt bones, I think it'll be like being hit by artillery, maybe painful for a second, but you'd be atomized right after.

George actually portrayed himself as a maester in the GOT rpg game

Would you rather finish the 6th book or.... there is no other choice. Finish the 6th book

Don't ever die, George! We need you to finish those books.

Currently reading the books and what an amazing world full of amazing characters with great dialogue.

now i’m imagining the Hound busting around the tackle and just leveling dudes 😂

Tywin is more agreeable, he still has ambitions like Otto and uses force more than the pen compared to Otto is strictly diplomatic. At the beginning of Aerys reign, he simply applied himself and did nothing but helped the realm and has his own issues but it doesn't get in the way of the job. Otto on the other hand furthers his own agenda and discretely encourages Viserys' reputation and relationship with his family to be ruined in order to supplant his own blood in his place as his endgame. We wouldn't know what it would be like if Tywin and Aerys remained amiable or if it would devolve into another Dance but the clear evidence that Tywin is better is because he was close friends with Aerys and wouldn't have any more ambition to supplant his friend yet so long as Joanna was alive to bind him. Otto and Viserys were on a strict professional relationship that only spiraled down to manipulation.

Aww George, we would love for you to live forever. ❤️

Love this

I would 100% choose Tywin over Otto, he was really good as hand for Aerys until he went mad

Did my man say he likes to write all day?

The interviewer, David Anthony Durham, wrote a very good trilogy himself called Acacia that I really enjoyed.

I love how fast he thought about his answers haha.

Would you rather finish winds or push out a dragon picture book?

I love this guy

"Would you rather...finish 'A Song of Ice and Fire', or 'FInish A Song of I ce and Fire'?" ....."next question"

Tywin and Otto are both monsters, but Tywin served loyally until Aerys betrayed him, Otto schemed against Jaehaerys, and Viserys from the start, using his daughter as a pawn.

Would you rather finish your series or make another HBO show?

He loves Tyrion so much😂🥰

Would you rather? Finish Winds of Winter? Continue not doing that?

Yesss, agree sir, I wish you could live forever

Love you George

Would you rather finish your book this year or this year?

FrozenFire was my online gamer tag for awhile back in the 1994-2001 early internet age. Always thought it was a cool concept

Why he isn't my grandpa 😭 i love this guy so much 😭😭😭

Everyone would like a dragon until they have it, yeah, good luck with that pal.

Tywin betrayed his king. Otto, to his credit, never betrayed Viserys.

Would you rather freeze to death beyond the wall, be burned by a dragon, or finish Winds of Winter?

Rip to every fan that died and will die before the end of ASOIF

The way Tyrion wanted to die is definitely better than freezing or burning.

Tywin has it all: he’s as clever (if not more), far more able as a warrior and battle commander, and he’s actually a loyal hand. It took a great deal of personal offence and insult before he turned against Aerys Targaryen.

"Write all day"..... are you sure George?

Great to hear he loves writing… wish he would get down with a Certain book the world has been waiting for

I mean another plus about a dragon is that it will almost certainly outlive you unless you get in a fight with someone else who has a dragon, so you won't have to deal with it dying.

yes live forever

But dying with the dragon fire is so much quicker

Freezing to death is slower, but a lot less painful. Once the frostbite gets your nerve endings, you just feel warm and tired and eventually just fall asleep forever

3:32 George is an older Peter Griffin confirmed lmao

Hearing GRRM talk about football was so cool 😎

the fact that he can make shit up on the spot and it'd be canon lmao

if you had too choose between getting the winds of winter or getting the winds of winter what would you choose

The publishing company probably concerned they wont get their book before he dyes, "Let's get the most outta him first"

Would you rather finish the Song of Ice and fire or write scripts for TV series and movies?

I would have actually died of laughter if the guy asked him whether he would rather finish his book after a dozen years OR continue doing the stuff he actually does these days.

I'm very intrigued by the tywin otto question and answer.

"Would you rather have a Dragon or a Direwolf?" Now that, THAT is a difficult question!

George saying that Dire Wolves would keep the raccoons away and not dragons implies that raccoons aren't scared of dragons. Somebody alert the Golden Company to outfit their ranks with racoon battalions asap!

I would definitely have Tywin as my hand

Would you rather /*literally every activity ever invented included eating raw human meat/* or finish asoiaf? This man:

Would you rather - 1)finish writing the game of thrones books or 2) literally anything else He picked the second

Freezing on the wall would be much slower than being burned by dragon. Dragon fire runs extremally hot, I guess if it's focused on one person it burns through nerves and spinal chord in a manner of seconds. On the show we would see the bodies being practically disintegrated.

hes gonna chose everything except write

literally what I would say in all of them, icon

Missed opportunity to guess his answers and make him drink whenever you guessed correctly

He already looks like a Maester

Glad to see that Mr Martin is as astute and violent as ever

Really interested to know what he really thinks or says about the dragon because of this whole thing about whether the Targs really control the dragons.

i mean freezing to death is basically hypothermia, sure it sucks for a while but eventually when you stop shivering you just go to sleep

Dragon would be first choice, Otto would be my choice of hand (less dangerous/evil then Tywin) choice of death would be to freeze. A good question for him, would he rather remake season 8 or keep it the same.

For Me: Meister, Dragon, I don't know anything about sports so I'll steal his answer and say the hound, Tywin as my hand, burn alive by dragonfire if it's instant. I think when you freeze you get real hot anyways so that sounds terrible and slow. Loved this interview with him, wish there were more questions!

Interviewer: Would you rather finish a book or ... GRRM: I'll take option B

@3:33 Yes, I remember / know how Tyrion described his ideal death. I am quite a big GOT fan, but I don't remember the name of such a minor character like Shagga son of Dolf. How can George R. R. Martin remember Shagga son of Dolf? That's soo awesome.

I too, would like to go out how Tyrion had always wanted. I’d have to agree it sounds wayyy better than either of those options😂

I can't believe he had a hard time choosing between Tywin and Otto lajhdjskah Tywin always!

Fire would be a very painful way to die, yet I feel like DRAGON fire would be near instantaneous, turned to ash in an instant. Freezing on the other hand would take some time.

Would you rather finish Winds of Winter or redo season 8?

Freeze of burn? Freeze